Reputation For a Song

New York: Knopf, 1953. VG. First edition. Paperback. This copy was the property of the American film producer Wilbur Stark (1912-1995). It is a photocopy/mimeographed copy of the first edition and is bound in blue wrappers, with a label on the front cover 'Reputation For A Song/Property of:/Picture Productions/25 West 54th Street/New York 10019/NY, USA'. Stark produced the film version… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Printing. The author's well-received first novel, his second was awarded that year's Gold Dagger. Signed and inscribed at the title page, "To (name), with my sincere good wishes, Edward Grierson, Harrogate, march 1952". Uncommon thus, the book is in VG shape, fore-edge and top-edge slightly age-toned, binding… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus [and] Book Society,, [1952]. 8vo., First Edition thus, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, top mildly spotted; red patterned cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly rubbed dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Published simultaneously with the first edition.

Chatto & Windus & Book Society, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. First Edition Thus. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned cloth. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have… Read more about this item

Very good with lattice design printed cloth and black title block with gilt lettering. Clean interior, unmarked with slight corner bumps. Dustcover good with light edgewear and back cover with shelfwear.

Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Plain text cover with green and white coloured background with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear book panel. A classic "Green Penguin" crime novel where the central question of the novel… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1955. Paperback. Acceptable. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 271 pages. Paperback book with striped cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and… Read more about this item

London : Chatto, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 331 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Edward Grierson. 20th Century fiction. British Literature. Genre; Fiction.

Chatto & Windus 1952. Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w, signed by author; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

London: Penguin, 1986. FINE condition in NEAR FINE covers. London. Penguin Books. SOFTCOVER. 1986. REPRINT of original 1952 edition. AS NEW, bound in brown glossy pictorial stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Light rubbing to spine heel. Cover photograph by Michael Trevelyan. Psychological suspense. Stored in Archival sleeve. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Fine/Near Fine Original Wraps.

Penguin, London 1955, 1st thus, paperback, covers soiled, good only. Soft Cover.

Penguin Books, 1955. Paperback. Very Good. 1955. Published in Penguin Books. 271 pages. Green striped penguin cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1955. Paperback. Acceptable. 1955. Published in Penguin Books. 271 pages. Green striped penguin cover. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Book has a rolled spine. Moderate tanning to spine and covers. Visible wear marks to covers.

Middlesex, UK: Penguin Books, 1986 Reprint in trade paperback. Crease to the top corner of the front cover. Very Good.

Chatto & Windus 1952. First edition, octavo hardcover in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

LONDON: CHATTO AND WINDUS, AND THE BOOK SOCIETY, 1952. 1st Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. This edition first published March 1952 Boards lightly marked, edges foxed. Clean throughout. Very good.

1955. Penguin Books Middlesex. 1955. First Edition Thus. Green Penguin Paperback. Covers and pages are browned, spine is creased o/w VG.

Penguin Books, 1955. Softcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Penguin Books 1955, first thus. Softcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text.

Good for age but with some spotting to page edges in somewhat chipped, bumped and marked, protected dustjacket. Not price clipped.

Penguin, 1955, first printing,. 1955. Soft cover. paperback, light foxing and browning, otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, spine not creased, Very Good condition .